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First and foremost you must realize that you are not owing your company anything. They already paid you for your work and that is the end of that transaction. You may feel like you cannot let people hanging on a human level - that is ok. But people will understand that you take time off when your health it at stake.

Second, take some time off. Burnout can sometimes be hard to shake off when you are still at work. You may be scared of having so much time on your hands, but you can always go back to work :)

Think about starting therapy. Often burn outs are not because of actual external pressure, but because of the internal pressure we put on ourselves because we put on ourselves. If the root cause is not solved, there is so point in going back to work because it will happen again.



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